April 2, 2024
Connecticut oyster schooner up on the rails
The Connecticut schooner Suzanne is on the rails at Cockrell Marine Railway. Larry Chowning photo.
The Connecticut schooner Suzanne is up on the rails at Cockrell’s Marine Railway in Burgess, Va., getting ready for the State of Maryland’s annual oyster seed, shell, and spat-on-shell planting season.
The 53’ x 18’ x 5.4’ Suzanne, built in 1939, arrived on the Chesapeake Bay in February 2023 along with three other Connecticut wooden schooners. The vessels, Columbia, Bivalve, Robert M. Ute, and Suzanne were brought to the bay to work as seed and shell planters in Maryland’s growing oyster…
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Larry Chowning is a writer for the Southside Sentinel in Urbanna, Va., a regular contributor to National Fisherman, and the author of numerous books.
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